Director: Ruslan Paushu
Family comedy meets a runaway pony in "Home Alone: The Magnificent Five," a 2024 Russian film that turns a teenage actress's on-set crisis into a citywide chase powered by her own online followers.
What is Home Alone The Magnificent Five about?
Stefania is discovering she has real talent as an actress, and she is also busy running a popular blog on the side, a combination that has already drawn the attention of several younger fans. Among them are Aleks, who wants nothing more than to become a star himself; Masha, a quiet top student; Tima, a technically gifted tinkerer; and Vanya, the group's natural schemer. Their orbit around Stefania becomes urgent when Gennadiy the pony, the animal star of the film she is currently shooting, is snatched during a day of filming, and the stunt team assigned to handle horses loses the trail of whoever took him. Rather than wait on adults to sort it out, Stefania turns to her subscribers for help, and Masha, Tima, Aleks, and Vanya answer the call. What follows is a scrappy, kid-powered search that has to move fast enough to find Gennadiy and get him back in front of the cameras before the production's New Year's shoot runs out of time.
Cast & crew
Vitaliya Kornienko stars as Stefania alongside Anastasiya Panina, with Mikhail Politseymako, Galina Stakhanova, Alika Smekhova, Roman Borzovsky, Maria Verkhova, and Ilya Malakov filling out the supporting cast of family, crew, and fellow subscribers who join the search.
Context & significance
Directed by Ruslan Paushu, the film continues a lighthearted franchise built around holiday-season mishaps and kid-led problem solving, aimed squarely at family audiences looking for a low-stakes seasonal comedy. Its blend of a behind-the-scenes film shoot, an amateur detective plot, and a social-media angle gives the story a modern hook while keeping the tone gentle enough for younger viewers.
Where & how to watch
"Home Alone: The Magnificent Five" streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, and this page is free to read without an account. Streaming the film itself only requires signing in with a free K-Time login, after which it plays directly in the Farsi-language interface.